CHAPTER FIVE
The coroner’s office was only a block away from the police department, near the hospital, so they walked it along the shoulder of the main road, which was busy with evening traffic. Rylie was a little annoyed. Hoskins was supposed to be leading the charge, but he kept hanging back with his “bud,” Brizzy, mentioning things that had happened in town, clapping him on the back and saying, “What do you think about that, huh?”
Michael, on the other hand, nodded tightly and didn’t say much. He seemed uncomfortable, which Rylie found strange. To be uncomfortable in your own hometown, where everyone knew you?
“Bellamy’s engaged,” Hoskins said, once again hanging back and leaving her to lead the way, even though she had no idea where to go. There was a sign up ahead that might have s
